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SB Nation Reacts to Results: Bye Week Record Predictions for the Vikings
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SB Nation Reacts to Results: Bye Week Record Predictions for the Vikings

We have the results of our SB Nation Reacts poll for this week, where we take the pulse of how fans feel about issues important to the Minnesota Vikings. Let’s take a look at those results here.

Our first question, as always, was how confident everyone is that the Vikings are headed in the right direction. After what most would call a surprise win over San Francisco, that confidence continues to grow.

This week, a whopping 97% of respondents to our poll think the team is headed in the right direction. I hope that confidence remains fairly high even if the team loses this weekend, but given what we’ve seen from these types of things in the past, a loss will drop that number dramatically.

We also asked what everyone thinks the Vikings’ record will be going into the bye, which they’ll play in Week 6 after their game in London. People seem pretty optimistic on that front as well.

A majority of respondents, 53%, believe the Purples will lose one of their next three games and enter the bye with a 4-1 score. 30% believe they will lose two of their next three games (which is bad) to enter the break with a 3-2 score, while 15% believe they will enter the off week without a loss. Then there is the 2% who think the Vikings will have a three-game skid before the bye and enter it with a 2-3 score, the worst possible outcome.

Personally, being the homer that I am, I don’t see any reason they can’t make it 5-0, especially if Brian Flores’ defense continues at the pace it’s going. But maybe I’m being too optimistic. . . I’ve not been accused of that very often. Our friends at FanDuel probably won’t consider them favorites in any of the next three, but that’s the way we like it, I guess.

That’s our SB Nation Reacts results for this week, folks. Thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in our survey, and we’ll be back next week with another one!